Terence Doddy pleads not guilty to charges in new indictment

ROCKFORD — Terence P. Doddy pleaded not guilty today to charges that include first-degree murder under a new 15-count bill of indictment from the Winnebago County grand jury.

Judge Francis Martinez appointed Winnebago County Assistant Public Defender Bradford Morrison to represent Doddy, who is being held in the Winnebago County Jail without bond. The judge briefly reviewed Doddy’s rights and assigned the case to Judge Rosemary Collins for trial.

Doddy is expected to appear before Collins for the first time on Monday morning.

Details of the new bill of indictment were not read aloud during today’s initial court appearance for Doddy. Morrison quietly reviewed the charges with Doddy before entering a preliminary plea of not guilty.

Charges include first-degree murder, robbery and possession of a stolen vehicle among others.

A formal arraignment is expected soon.

Doddy is a suspect in two homicides.

He is charged in Winnebago County with the June 30 killing of his high school friend Todd Hansmeier, 37, and with a June 18 aggravated domestic battery involving his wife.

Doddy, 36, was arrested July 4 when a crash west of the Town of Beloit ended a police chase. Police say he was driving a car that belonged to Tonya Bargman, 44, of Monticello, who had been found dead July 1 at the Willow Creek Rest Stop along Interstate 39 near Paw Paw. Hansmeier’s car was found abandoned at the rest stop.